Motor-meter mounting



, c. A. WITT MOTOR METER MOUNTING Filed Sept. 15. 1922 ZZYVEJYTM? Car/A. WHT.

Patented July 29, I924.

iUNl'E'E FEEQE.

CARLA. wrrr, on nos eaten-Les, CALIFORNIA.

V MOTOR-METER MOUNTING.

Application filed September 15, 1922. Serial No. 588,342.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. l/Vrrcr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Meter Mountings, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to automobile accesseries, and more particularly to a combined radiator filling cap and motor meter, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, practicable, inexpensive device consisting of a cap adapted to be securely fixed to the top of a radiator and being provided with means for indicating the temperature of Water in the radiator and also to facilitate filling of the radiator without dismounting the motor meter.

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the: following specification of an embodiment of the invention illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined filling device and motor meter.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through the device. 7

Various forms of automobiles are pro- Vided with radiators through which circulate the cooling water which flows through the usual water jacket of the automobile engine. It is nowcommon and extensive practice to apply athermometer or so-called motor meter to the usual removable cap of a radiator so that the temperature of the circula-ting fluid will be constantly indicated. Vhere the motor meter is mounted upon the removable cap the meter is frequently damaged by reason of the falling of the .cap.

A broad object of my, invention is to provide a mounting in the form of an extension neck or shell 2 having a fitting end 3 adapted to be applied to the neck of a given form of radiator. provided with intenally threaded necks and others with externally threaded necks, and it is to be understood that the fitting end 3 of the present device may be internally or externally threaded according to the type of neck to which it is to be applied.

The shell 2 has an upwardly and forwardly extending mouth 4t and this is adapted to receive the standard or usual radiator Some types of radiators are cap 5 which is removed from the radiator neck and is adapted to be applied to the mouth of the shell 2 after the latter has been securely mounted on the neck of the: radiator. Such secure attaclnnent of the shell may be achieved in various manners, as for instance by shrinking or sweating the fitting portion 3 of the shell on the neck of the radiator so that it cannot be readily removed by unauthorized individuals.

The shell 2 of the mounting is provided with a suitably located aperture 6 into which may be extended the nipple 0r shank 7 of the thermometer or motor meter 8,. a conventional form of which is shown in edge view. The stem of the motor meter projects T down into the mounting shell 2 and is permanently'secured as by soldering 9 to pre vent the surreptitious removal of the motor meter.

From the 'above it will be'seen that it is possible to fill the radiator with water by the removal of the radiator cap 5 without dislodging the shell 2 or the motor meter 8 applied thereto.

Further embodiments, modifications and changes may be resorted to within the spirit of the invention as here claimed.

l/Vhat is claimedis: i V

1. A hollow radiator cap member having an externally threaded bottom flange and, being provided with an upwardly extending annular mount internally. threaded to re ceive the cap, the said member having behind and below the upper part of the mouth a plane top portion apertured to receive a motor meter.

2. A motor meter mounting comprising an extension shell having a screw-threaded lower end adapted to screw into a radiator in the place of the usual cap, and having a flat top portion, said shell having an upwardly andforwardly extending mouth as large as the opening through the screwthreaded nipple, and internally screw-threaded to receive. 7

the radiator cap, a vertical aperture in the flat top of the shell out of line with the passage through the mouth, and adapted to receive a motor meter. V V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CARL A. WITT. 

